لفاية

English translation: Servant الخدامة

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Arabic term or phrase:لفاية
English translation:Servant الخدامة
Entered by: A Zafar

12:15 Jan 21, 2021
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Arabic term or phrase: لفاية
(في ضیعتنا النمامة ینادونني: (مرت السوداني ،) وفي حارات الشام العریقة أصیر: (اللفایة

From a Syrian novel.

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A Zafar
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:04
Servant الخدامة
Explanation:
https://3amyah.com/?s=لفّاية

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Mahmoud Ibrahim
Egypt
Local time: 00:04
Grading comment
Thanks - I hadn't come across that website before!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2Servant الخدامة
Mahmoud Ibrahim
5 +2on-call house miad
Diya Takrouri


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Servant الخدامة


Explanation:
https://3amyah.com/?s=لفّاية



Mahmoud Ibrahim
Egypt
Local time: 00:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks - I hadn't come across that website before!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Morano El-Kholy: Good link.
7 mins
  -> Thank you 😊

agree  Sajad Neisi
1 day 21 hrs
  -> Thanks Alot
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
on-call house miad


Explanation:
A woman who would be called upon to help a housewife in cleaning the house mainly, or in doing other house works. - she may as well do the work alone herself. This kind of service is occasional - on-call - rather than consistent and regular.

Diya Takrouri
Türkiye
Local time: 01:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you! Useful explanation.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Z-Translations Translator
8 hrs
  -> Thanks! That's kind of you.

agree  Sajad Neisi
1 day 21 hrs
  -> Thanks! That's kind of you.
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